Abstract
In the past two years, over 100 fuel cell plants have gone into service worldwide, over 90% using PAFCs. So far, PAFCs have been the only technically mature and turnkey design available on the market. This paper gives an overview of the status of PAFC plants installed in Europe. Emphasis is laid on the experience gained from the operation of the 200-kW plant of Ruhrgas AG. The plant was commissioned in September 1992 at the Ruhrgas R and D facility and is presently being subjected to extensive testing. Ruhrgas not only measures the electrical output and corresponding efficiencies, but also simulates different user requirements. It further examines the effect of different gas properties on plant performance. The plant is operated on group L (≈ 9.2 kWh/m 3) gas, group H (≈ 10.8 kWh/m 3) gas and peak shaving gas. With this approach, overall efficiency and environmental compatibility of the fuel cell plant are thoroughly investigated and potential areas of improvement can be found.
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